Chapter I: Front Matter

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FOUR YEARS
IN THE UNDERBRUSH

FOUR YEARS
IN THE UNDERBRUSH

ADVENTURES AS A WORKING WOMAN
IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1921

COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

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Published October, 1921

PRINTED AT
THE SCRIBNER PRESS
NEW YORK, U. S. A.

=To=

SISTER WEE WEE

TAMPA, FLORIDA
March 8th, 1921

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. FOR POLLY PRESTON’S SAKE 3

II. MY FIRST STEPS IN THE UNDERBRUSH 11

III. SLIMY THINGS THAT WALK ON LEGS 24

IV. AGAINST A RUSH OF THE HERD 37

V. HUMAN COOTIES 51

VI. GOOD HUNTING-GROUND 77

VII. FEMALES OF THE SPECIES 86

VIII. ST. ROSE’S HOME FOR GIRLS 101

IX. RODMAN HALL: CHILDREN’S HOME 114

X. TRUSTED WITH BILLIONS, PAID IN MILLS 129

XI. I AM SICK IN THE UNDERBRUSH 143

XII. JACKALS FIGHT TO KEEP FROM FIGHTING 157

XIII. “MORE DEADLY THAN THE MALE” 174

XIV. STAMPING-GROUND OF THE MONKEY-PEOPLE 185

XV. THE HEART OF THE JUNGLE 201

XVI. BURROWING IN 207

XVII. THE SCOURGE 225

XVIII. JIST DOGS! 235

XIX. FAITH OF JUNGLE-MOTHERS 246

XX. A PEST HOUSE? 256

XXI. FORCING THE GOOSE TO LAY MORE DOLLARS 265

XXII. WOLVES AS SOCIAL LEADERS 275

XXIII. LEADERS OF THE HERD 288

XXIV. THE GALL OF THE YOKE 300

XXV. THE END OF THE TRAIL 311

FOUR YEARS IN THE UNDERBRUSH

FOUR YEARS IN THE UNDERBRUSH